Hi Chris,
"I would add "in this room" to the end of that statement."
Agree, but is this not true of all masterings and much more so of the offerings by MFSL, etc that use "standard" mastering techniques? An engineer uses whatever speakers they prefer played in whatever acoustical environment they have concocted to perform "adjustments" to the master to sound the most pleasing to their ears?
According to Stockfisch, this "mastering" step was eliminated and the sound of the un-molested product was compared to the master as was their non-DMM version of the same track available on other Stockfisch offerings, also un-molested, just sans the "analog" step. Of course the sound of the room entered into this comparison as this is unavoidable, just as the personal preferences of each person’s ear/brain are unavoidable.
My wife prefers the non-DMM Stockfisch versions as she is accustomed to the less-analog-like sound of normal CD/SACD. There is an audible difference between the two versions. Preferences are what they are, based on what one perceives to be more realistic or pleasing to their ears/brain.
I would encourage you and others to try this comparison through your system and in your room and share your preferences.
BTW - I am admittedly one of the old farts that vehemently refuses to introduce computers into my primary source of relaxation and escape from angst. I have no others, by rule, to mishandle my media and personally enjoy the rituals of touching, reading, cleaning, loading, and even storing/arranging the real-matter versions of the media. I may well be a librarian at heart. lol
Best to you Chris,
Dave
"I would add "in this room" to the end of that statement."
Agree, but is this not true of all masterings and much more so of the offerings by MFSL, etc that use "standard" mastering techniques? An engineer uses whatever speakers they prefer played in whatever acoustical environment they have concocted to perform "adjustments" to the master to sound the most pleasing to their ears?
According to Stockfisch, this "mastering" step was eliminated and the sound of the un-molested product was compared to the master as was their non-DMM version of the same track available on other Stockfisch offerings, also un-molested, just sans the "analog" step. Of course the sound of the room entered into this comparison as this is unavoidable, just as the personal preferences of each person’s ear/brain are unavoidable.
My wife prefers the non-DMM Stockfisch versions as she is accustomed to the less-analog-like sound of normal CD/SACD. There is an audible difference between the two versions. Preferences are what they are, based on what one perceives to be more realistic or pleasing to their ears/brain.
I would encourage you and others to try this comparison through your system and in your room and share your preferences.
BTW - I am admittedly one of the old farts that vehemently refuses to introduce computers into my primary source of relaxation and escape from angst. I have no others, by rule, to mishandle my media and personally enjoy the rituals of touching, reading, cleaning, loading, and even storing/arranging the real-matter versions of the media. I may well be a librarian at heart. lol
Best to you Chris,
Dave